linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: freeze/thaw logic improvement for the failure case

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Message-ID: <87vbmnw83l.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:30:54 +0100
From:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"devel\@linuxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: freeze/thaw logic improvement for the failure case

Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com> writes:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov [mailto:vkuznets@...hat.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 1:09 AM
>> To: KY Srinivasan; Haiyang Zhang; Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> Cc: devel@...uxdriverproject.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Dexuan Cui
>> Subject: [PATCH 0/3] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: freeze/thaw logic improvement
>> for the failure case
>> 
>> This patch series addresses the following issues:
>> - Wrong error reporting for multiple filesystems case.
>> - Skip all readonly-mounted filesystems instead of skipping iso9660.
>> - Thaw all filesystems after an unsuccessful freeze attempt.
>> 
>> Vitaly Kuznetsov (3):
>>   Tools: hv: vssdaemon: consult with errno in case of failure only
>>   Tools: hv: vssdaemon: skip all filesystems mounted readonly
>>   Tools: hv: vssdaemon: thaw everything in case of freeze failure
>> 
>>  tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Hi Vitaly,
> Thanks for your patchset!
>
> FYI: Greg checked in a patch of mine several hours ago -- my patch
> implemented "thaw all filesytems on a failure of freeze" too. :-)

Ah, sorry for stepping on your toes :-)

>
> Please see my patch in Greg's char-misc-next tree:
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/commit/?h=char-misc-next&id=4f689190bb55d171d2f6614f8a6cbd4b868e48bd
>
> Can you please rebase  your patch(es) on Greg's tree?

Sure, I'll throw away my patch#3, rebase, and repost.

>
> Thanks,
> -- Dexuan

-- 
  Vitaly
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